Bob Mueller finally caught up with Bob Bolus. Last Friday, the special prosecutor investigating Russian meddling in American politics indicted 16 Russian nationals and groups on charges of conspiring to defraud the United States.
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An attorney for residents who contend Scranton collects millions of dollars more in tax revenues annually than allowed under a state cap cited the city’s budgets and audits in arguing Tuesday in Lackawanna County Court for a decision in their favor.
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SCRANTON — A federal jury began hearing testimony Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by a former Lackawanna County deputy sheriff who alleges fellow employees violated his constitutional rights after they traveled to his Wyoming County home to check on his welfare.
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Published: April 19, 2012

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A city man faces an attempted homicide charge after a woman said he fired several shots at her and her daughter after an argument earlier this month. Davon Hogan, 20, 1510 Prospect Ave., turned himself in on the charges, which also include aggravated assa
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SCRANTON — A 23-year-old Scranton man broke into a woman’s apartment Monday and assaulted her, city police said. Chad Thomas, 809 S. 9th Ave., showed up outside Joslyn Ballard’s apartment yelling that he needed a wallet he left there and the pizza he got
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A city couple is charged with endangering the welfare of children after one of their children ingested a Suboxone strip the 4-year-old found in the pages of a Dora the Explorer book.
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The FBI announced today the arrest of nine individuals on drug charges. Eight of the arrests were made overnight in Pittston.

"These eight individuals are alleged to have participated in a widespread criminal enterprise, operating out of a Pittston business, several residences and several local bars," according to a press release.

Those arrested were identified as:

Leroy Leonard Trudgen, of Pittston

William McDonald, of Pittston

Martin Williams, of Plains Township

Brian Amos of Plains Township

Joseph Shotwell of Wilkes-Barre

Leslie Williams, of Pittston

Denise Trudgen, of Pittston

Martin Curry, of Pittston

Daniel Rasmus, of Exeter

The investigation also resulted in the seizure of illegal narcotics, cash, weapons and bullet proof vests, according to the release.

All are scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate in Wilkes-Barre this afternoon.